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German to English Architecture Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
Baubetrieb		Construction management

Bauform		structural form

Baugespann		stor(e)y poles

Bauherrlichkeit		architectural grandeur

Baukörper		structural entity

baukünstlerisch		architectural

Baukonstruktion, Bauformenlehre, Tragwerkskonstruktion, Tragwerkslehre		architectural design, architectural elements, supporting framework construction, supporting framework theory

baulich-plastisch		plastic

Baumaßnahme		building/construction project	Kathi Stock
Entered by: Kathi Stock
Baumkomplex		building complex	Thayenga
Entered by: Thayenga
Baumquader (Gebiet : Landschaftsbau)		RECTANGULAR TREE BORDER

Baupfusch		Botched / shoddy construction / Workmanship / architecture / job

Baurechtsleisten		guards according to building regulations	Fabio Descalzi
Entered by: Fabio Descalzi
Baureife		construction readiness

Bauvorlageberechtigung		authorization to present building documents

Bauwerksvermessung		building surveying

Bündelpfeiler		cluster columns

Bürgerspital		Bürgerspital

Büroleiter		office manager	Edith Kelly
Entered by: Edith Kelly
Bürosicherung		securing (of) our business	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Bebauungsplanverfahren		development planning process

Befreiungsfahrt		elevator w/ safety circuit and drive control

Begegnungsstätten sind Ballungszentren für Menschen mit verschiedenen Anforderungen		Centers are places where people with diverse requirements/needs/expectations congregate/gather [in significant/large numbers]

begrenzt offener		limited entry

Bei feststehenden Ausführungen		for fixed types

Beingruft		ossuary	Hermien Desaivre
Entered by: Hermien Desaivre
Bekieselung		gravel covered

belebende Mitte		heart

Bemerkungen zu Kunst - Plastik - Raum		comments on art - sculpture - space	Fabio Descalzi
Entered by: Fabio Descalzi
Bespielung		use	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Bestandsgebäude		Building in inventory

Bestandsumbau		reconstruction (and preservation?) of existing buildings

Betonschalen		concrete shells

bewegt (adj.) ("künstliche[,] bewegte Landschaft" ("L'sch." in wider, phys. & fig. senses /cf. setting, environm., archit.)		dynamic (cf. lively, etc.) ("an artificial, dynamic topography")

Bezirkskaminkehrermeister		district heating inspector

Biegetragwirkung		structural bending resistance // bending resistance (effect/action)

bildhaft abstrahiert		schematized images of details

Bildkunst		archtitectural art

Bildprogramm		iconographic (or statuary) schemes or programmes

Birnenstabprofil / Birnstab		[ribs with] pear-shaped profile

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